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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 19h

He blocked me on Twitter in 2022ish when we all challenged him about Canada apparently having six months of winter impeding any cycling activity. Not new

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helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When people campaign on “affordable housing only” they’re usually just saying build nothing & hope new older cheaper buildings magically appear or maybe gov’ts just come in and pay for whole new buildings (which is not how gov’t programs work, btw)

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I have not seen a brutal owning of a politician in a debate since Michael Ignatieff in 2011

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Brian M 🇺🇦 @bravado1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Premiers are the villains of Confederation. They are genuine monsters with no reason or incentive to govern appropriately.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Found this in some of the Villager publications in my area too, like the Wortley one

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/10/2026

I don't care if this is a bunch of high school football players in Idaho. Writing “Let her hang from a ligh(t) post and let the birds pick at her brain for days” and “(You) think Cornell was bad just wait for us” should be grounds for immediate expulsion and charges filed.

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Threats in Timberline football chat lead to police inquiry

A private Timberline High School football group chat sparked outrage with alleged death threats and sexual violence references toward a female student, prompting a Boise Police Department investigatio...

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Omg this literally took place in my city. when the question became “better transit”, they said no

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Éric Duhaime wrote a book called “The End of Homosexuality and the Last Gay” on his coming out and essentially said that “the gay lobby” presents itself as victims and that they should break out the champagne instead. a.co/d/0bnTFXnj

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La fin de l'homosexualité et le dernier gay (NON CLASSE) (French Edition) eBook : Duhaime, Eric: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is Orford the new South Bend, we shall see

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Liberal Party led by Charles Milliard came in second, the Conservative Party led by Éric Duhaime came in third, and Québec Solidaire (a left wing party) came in fourth. After two massive majorities, the conservative Coalition Avenir Québec lost all their seats

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Parti Québécois, a longtime Québec separatist / culturally conservative party, has won the most seats in an election since 2012. They were in the wilderness for most of the last decade until they got a firebrand leader in Paul St-Pierre Plamondon

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Now and then I think about how he goaded Gabriel Nadeau Dubois into saying the N-word in the 2022 debates

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He can’t wriggle his way out of this one

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And BCUnited’s (formerly BC Liberals) leader refuses to resign

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I stand by my ballot, where I voted to re-elect the incumbent candidates, and we shall see what happens on election day.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Voting for Josh Morgan does not make me any less of a progressive. Having consistent leadership is important to me, and it’s not something that progressives should cede to the right.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It would be great if we were able to vote for something and not against. While Josh Morgan has done some things I disagree with, he has done some things I agree with. Say what you want about construction in the city, I like the end result when it’s done, and I hope our infrastructure gap narrows.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It would be really nice if we can have a mayor and council who saw things through, and we didn’t have to restart everything every four years. Last year, I had lunch with someone who observed the amount of “backlash elections” we’ve had in recent history. Would be great if we didn’t have that.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

She said she would only serve one term if elected, but I don’t think I can do another one-term mayor. My literal adult life, no mayor has served more than one full term. My first municipal vote, which I deeply regret, was for Joe Fontana, who made this pledge and he didn’t complete his term (iykyk)

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A lot of my left-wing pals won’t like this, but I also had to rule out Bronagh Joyce Morgan. I see eye to eye with her on the issues. But I don’t think I can do a “vote your conscience” in good conscience, when Stevenson could win.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Kirsten Krose, I also ruled out, because of the whole Toronto fundraiser at the Albany club. Her campaign being “this isn‘t the London I remember”, gives me “Michael Ignatieff attack ad” vibes (you know, he didn’t come back for you)

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And, I caught that video online of Stevenson attending the March For Jesus. None of it really sounds like someone I want representing our city.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

… who were out of step with the community when we dealt with Covid. People will say, “but isn’t the pandemic over?” Yes, but how they responded to the pandemic is a bit of an indicator of how you approach everything else.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And her arguable palling around with Aaron Gunn, the filmmaker-turned- Vancouver Island MP, who has denied the genocide against Indigenous people. Moreover, when I saw the photos of her campaign launch, I saw supporters like Michael van Holst my former councillor…

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And there’s obviously also the outrage farming and misery porn. While we should never deny what’s going on, and we should always acknowledge our city’s problems, a great leader needs to rally us all behind a positive vision every step of the way

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I immediately ruled out Susan Stevenson when I found out she was going to run. I do not see eye to eye with her on the issues, I don’t think cuts of $70M will be good for the city, I don’t think we can do another tax freeze or anything similar to it.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Then, there is the mayoral vote. I was really struggling to think of who to vote for until Labour Day weekend. My vote is never wooden, and it’s open more than most progressives in the city. But I’ve felt for me that there is no other choice than to vote for Josh Morgan.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The ward councillor vote was an easy one, as I voted to re-elect Skylar Franke. She is very constituency-focused, and compared to the other candidates in this ward, it’s no contest.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I hope that even with diminished powers, our trustees will fight for schools in communities that I grew up in that are, quite frankly, left behind and forgotten

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I was asked by a trustee candidate in the last election, why would I care about the board if I had no kids. I care because schools are community hubs, and contribute to the health of them as well. Despite all the mess going on with TVDSB, I can’t find a reason to vote against the incumbents

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I consider myself a progressive, politically. I also voted for the incumbents throughout my entire ballot. Both of those things can work with each other. I voted for the incumbents, because above all, there was no compelling reason for me to vote against them.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I recently moved to Ward 11, home of Old South and Southcrest. For the English language public school board, that puts me in the southeast constituency with Wards 1, 11, 12, and 14.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I went into the voting booth, thinking about that, and how large our city is, and how divided it is as well. I wanted to mark my ballot with people who I would want to representing us at whatever table there is, and to best advocate for solutions, and to bring other people together.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Municipal government is the most important government in this country. If they stopped collecting the garbage, you would notice quickly! Less so, the other levels of government, let’s be real

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Whatever your criticisms are of City Hall, I really enjoy the building, maybe because of the intrinsic power it has. I have been inside council chambers, and have met every mayor since Joe Fontana.

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It was a wonderful day to vote in #ldnont. This is the fifth municipal election since I have been eligible to vote, and the fourth consecutive one where I voted in the advance polls at City Hall

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The following thread is a list of my thoughts, and my thoughts only, and that of nobody else’s

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Going to vote tomorrow in the advance polls in #ldnont. Got lots of thoughts I may share in this space after if anyone is interested

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As I said to my fiancée last night when opening a mailer about how our Liberal MP is “tough on crime”, the only way the Liberals won last year was to copy the Conservative platform

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's quite something. It's long but watch the whole thing. I think it's meant to be an enormous fuck you to the die-hard hard-right rural caucus faction, but it also bascially concedes the party to them, so...

cbc.ca

Obby Khan's full statement on resignation as Manitoba PC leader

Obby Khan announced late Monday afternoon that he is stepping down as leader of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party, the province's Official Opposition. He said he will also leave the party ca...

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Cedric @cedricrichards.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

David Eby is in his David Peterson era

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